Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ritratto di Daniele Barbaro (Portrait of Daniele Barbaro) 1556–1562 Oil on canvas, 121 x 105.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Daniele Barbaro was a leading scholar of Aristotelian physics. He is shown in the ecclesiastical garments of a patriarch. Next…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec des tournesols sur un fauteuil (Still Life with Sunflowers on an armchair) 1901 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In 1901, when this painting was produced, Gauguin was still living…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Jean Cocteau 1916 Oil on canvas, 100.4 x 81.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Modigliani moved from his native Italy to Paris in 1906 and soon became part of the city’s vibrant artistic and literary culture. His…
Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Dans une salle (In a Room) 1899 Oil on cardboard pasted on panel, 52 x 79 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This artist’s fondness for the depiction of domestic scenes was probably bound up with recollections of the…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Family Portrait 1621 Oil on canvas, 113.5 x 93.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In this, one of the most marvellous works by the famous Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, the compact composition creates an impression of…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Jeune fille au piano, Ouverture de Tannhaüser (Girl at the Piano, The Overture to Tannhauser) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 57.8 x 92.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Cézanne painted this work at Jas de Bouffan, an estate near…
Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Femme assise (Seated Woman) 1923–1924 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The woman portrayed here seems to bear the weight of the world on her shoulders. Her ghostlike silhouette in tones of…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune femme lisant un journal illustré (Young Woman Reading an Illustrated Journal) c.1880 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 57.1 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Dora Maar assise (Dora Maar Seated) 1938 Ink, gouache and oil on paper on canvas, 68.9 × 62.5 cm Tate Britain, London Dora Maar was a painter who exhibited with the Surrealist group, before becoming a photographer and…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Self-portrait 1867 Oil in canvas, 103.5 x 73 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze